Mark H.

If Strev doesn't at least try to complete deeper throws, teams will key on our run game and stuff it most of the time. That will hurt us more than the interceptions he's thrown.

It's time for this thread to expire. If we are supposed to ban posters like the one in this thread, should we not also ban posters who make highly inappropriate comments about the Riders and their province? Some of you take it beyond good-natured ribbing but expect Rider fans to be banned.

This article is a very good read. Apparently provincial budgets are no longer in a deficit situation: https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/manitoba-numbers-game-561473592.html Frustrating commentary by the provincial government. Maybe they fear irrelevance now that the budget is balanced? I guess if Scheer gets elected the transfer payments will be cut back - then can go back to slaying the deficit.

I think we both know that any comments or discussion on women's rights, including abortion, is nothing but lip service. Every party, should they get elected, is going to leave them exactly the way they are. As for the environment, I don't believe we have had a governing party that has really taken it seriously. I mean, we're now taxing pollution but we don't even have decent tree planting programs.

You don't consider which local candidate will best serve your riding? Someone who is active in the local community vs. someone who is a complete unknown?

The Greens are ‘in play’ in about half a dozen ridings. About 1/3 of the ridings across the country are too close to call.

Legwork? May as well take a walk in the woods - it would be more productive. Other than from the Conservative incumbent, there is literally no information available in my riding. For example, they have nothing in the local store / coffee shop just up the road on PTH 9. Their web pages are just a rehash of their leaders' talking points - basically a carbon copy created by the party. Local newspapers? Nothing. Signs? Hardly any.

It's better to be out of the loop.

This election is beginning to look like 2011. Except for Quebec voting Bloc again...

We don’t care.

Stop trolling. No one said he was capable of taking us to the Grey Cup. I normally deal with stuff in PM, but I’m sick and tired of it.

Chill out folks.

Agreed. I voted Conservative in the advanced polls yesterday, for that exact reason - coupled with the fact that the Conservatives have my riding locked up and the other parties aren't even trying.

Good job taking the bait guys, very nicely done. Episode 2: certain Rider fans show up on the defensive Episode 3: certain Bomber fans start asking where the mods are Lather, rinse, repeat.

You joined MBB just to make this post - we can scarcely contain our excitement.

Also, if he doesn’t push the ball downfield, teams will stack the box and there goes the running game. But I do think they should be using Harris more in the red zone, especially with the OL playing like they were yesterday.

I hope that continues. I don't think other teams schemed to shut down the ground game as much as the Bombers just stopped using it.

1. Harris 2. Streveler 3. Sayles HH Glenn Young

If he calls that hitch to Lucky Whitehead - I might be done watching games for this year.

IMO, it's about bloody time. It has been really hard to get new fans interested in the CFL this year.

That's the cumulative effect of officials looking right at serious infractions but not making calls. Eg. the Adams, Bighill incident - just no excuse for not throwing a flag for that infraction, and it is just one example among many. I know it's a tough job, but I cannot understand how you can be looking right at something like that and not throw the flag.

I would say he's capable of centering one of the best checking lines in the league.

My apologies for issuing an incomplete statement: Hamilton had a combined total of 227 yards of offense in that game. To clarify the stat even further, that is total offense, not net offense. The Bombers are first in rushing, last in passing, 6th in net offense (346 yards / game), tied for second in offensive TDs, second in total points scored, and 4th in offensive points scored. If they were relying heavily on throwing the ball, most of the above stats would be much lower. Which makes the most recent loss to Hamilton even more of a mystery.

Being a sucker for punishment, I looked at those stats again. We lost to a team that passed for 150 yards. It really has been a woulda, coulda, shoulda - kind of season.

Lose the juice box - it’s Friday night.